Vehicle seat



A. AHKENT.

VEHICLE SEAT.

APPLICATION FILED DEC.29, i920.

Patented May 3o, 1922 NENTOR. ME @1511i KLJ* 4 ATTORNEY.

IUNITED STATES ARTHUR ATWATER KENT, OI? ARDMORE, PENNSYLVANIA.

VEHICLE fsEAT.

speication of Letters Patent.

Patented May so, 1922.

Application led' December 29, 1920. Serial No. 433,807.

To aZZwLo/m'i'tmay concern.' I

Be it known that I, ARTHUR ATWATER KENT, a citizen of the United States, residing in Ardmore, county of Montgomery, and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Vehicle Seats, of which the following is a specification. y

My invention relates to seats for moving vehicles, and particularly motor vehicles, and such as traverse roads which are more or less uneven or rough. VIt is the obj ect o-f my invention to provide seat structure for a vehicle of the character referred to which shall reduce the jolting to which the seat occupant is subjected by reducing the amplitude of movement partaken of by the seat structure.

To these ends I provide means for materially increasing the weight and inertia of the seat, as b interposing between the seat proper an the seat support an inertia imparting weight or weighted member between which and the support intervenes` suitable resilient or yielding supporting means, whereby the `total'weight of occupant, seat and weight is so materially .in-

creased that the jolting imparted to and the amplitude of movement of the occupant is materially reduced to increase comfort of riding.

For an illustrationof some of many forms my invention may take, reference may be had to which: f

Fig. l is a vertical sectional view through structure embodying my invention.

Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view of the weight and spring support therefor. w

Fig. 3 is av vertical sectional View through a modified structure. .1.

F ig. 4; is a bottom plan view of the Weight and resilient'supportlng means of F ig. 3.

Referring to the drawing, 1v1 is the seat supportcarried by or in any suitable way Securedv to the vehicle,l as an automobile or other road vehicle. Disposed between the ythe accompanying drawing, in

v back member 2, which may/be,J if desired, provided with suitable upholstering and springs 4, and an upstanding member 5 on the support .1, is disposed the substantially horizontal inertia-imparting weight or weighted member I6 resting -upon^ leaf-or bow springs 7 which, in the example illustrated, may be secured to the member 6 by screws or other fastening means 8. n

The weight or weighted member 6 may be of cast or sheet metal, or any other suit# able 'weight or inertia-imparting material.

The weight for each person may be of the order of one hundred pounds, for example, though it will be understood that ,my inve'ntionv comprehends other magnitudes, so long as they are suitably .large in comparison to the weight of occupant and seat imparted by the member 6.

In the example illustrated, the structure may be that of the rear seatlof an automobile and of a width to accommodate several persons, though it will'be understood that my invention is applicable also `to single seats.

Resting/upon Aor carried by .the weight member 6 is any usual or suitable seat 9, which may be provided with the usual yupvholstering l0 and springs l1.

In Figs. 3 and 4 the structure is the same' in principle as that illustrated in Fig. 1;-in lieu of the leaf or bow spring 7, however, there are employed' helical springs 12, of any suitable number, spaced in any suitable manner.

The springs 7 of Fig. `l and the springs y l2 of Fig. 3 are preferably suitably weak or easily flexed, and spring structure which is too stili' or rigid is to beavoided.

In operation, as the vehicle moves over a rough road, `when the vehicle body and the support l suddenly rise, the springs 7 or l2will quickly and promptly yield, due to the gre-at weight or inertiaof the weight member 6 in addition tothe'seat 9 and the occupant or occupants,`so reducing the amplitude of movement of the occupant and in led as ,affording additional comfort.

y .What I claim is:

1. Seat structure for moving vehicles com-` prising a support, an inertia-imparting weight structure spaced therefrom and movv plitude restricted.

able with lrespect thereto, and resilient means opposing relative movement of said weight structure and said support, whereby movement is retarded and its amplitude restricted.

2. Seat structure for moving vehicles comprising a support,` an inertia-imparting weight structure spaced\ therefrom and movable with frespect thereto, and a plurality of springs intervening between said weight structure and said support for opposing their movement relative to each other, whereby movement is retarded and its am- 3. Seat structure prising a support, a seat, a. heavy inertiaimparting plate carying said seat'and movable with respect to said support, and resilient means intervening between saidk supportand said plate, whereby movement of said seat is retarded and its amplitude re# stricted.

4. Seat structure for moving vehicles comu for moving vehicles comd prising a support, an inertia-imparting weight structure spaced therefrom and mov- `able with respect thereto, resilient means opposing relative movement of said weight structure and said support, and a yielding seat carried by said weight structure, whereby movement of said seat'is retarded and its amplitude restricted.

5. Seat' structure for moving vehicles comprising ,fa support, an inertia-imparting `weight structure spaced therefrom and movable with respect thereto, a plurality of springs intervening betweenv said weight structure and said support for opposing their movement relative to each other, and a yieldino seat carried by said weight strucfture, w ereby movement of said seat is retarded and its amplitude restricted.

. In testimony whereof I have hereunto aiixed my signature this 24th day of De-v cember, 1920. v

I ARTHUR ATWATER KENT. 

